WHO WAS AT THAT SHOOTING INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MOTHER'S DAY WAS GREENFIELD POLICE CHIEF ADELE FRESE . APPOINTED THE NEW CHIEF IN MARCH, FRESE IS ALSO A MOM WHO HAS MANAGED TO SUCCESSFULLY JUGGLE THESE TWO VERY IMPORTANT ROLES. ACTION NEWS REPORTER MARGOT DUNPHY SPOKE WITH HER TODAY AND IS LIVE IN OUR SALINAS NEWSROOM WITH MORE. BRITTANY, THE ROLE OF POLICE CHIEF IS ONE THAT CAN BE EXTREMELY DEMANDING ....BUT IMAGINE TAKING THAT ON AND RUNNING A FAMILY WITH FOUR CHILDREN AS WELL? ON THIS MOTHERS DAY..... WE SPOKE TO ONE MOM TODAY WHO IS MANAGING TO DO JUST THAT. POLICE CHIEF ADELE FRESSE SPENT THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF MOTHERS DAY AT A CRIME SCENE ...THAT'S JUST A NORMAL PART OF HER NEW JOB SINCE BEING SWORN IN AS GREENFIELDS POLICE CHIEF EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AS THE NEW CHIEF AND IS NOW EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE PREDOMINATELY MALE TEAM SHE SUPERVISES. @2:21 " whether women, men we're all blue, we're officers and we have a mission that's on common ground to serve our community." FRESSE WHO GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA AND SERVED IN THE MARINES ..... HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT HOME AMONG THE BOYS. IN 1974 WHEN GIRLS WERE ALLOWED TO JOIN LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL .... SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO SIGN UP. @3:12 I was only girl on the team, the only girl in the league so for whatever reason its just a natural thing not to be concerned so much with gender" CHIEF FRESSE IS ALSO A MOTHER OF FOUR ... AND SAYS HER JOB IN LAW ENFORCMENT HAS NOT HINDERED THAT ROLE. IN FACT SHE SAYS BEING ON THE FORCE IS SOMETIMES AN ADVANTAGE. @7:24 " when they were younger when they would ride their bikes and they would go further than they were allowed and saw a police car they really thought that police car was sent by me to look at them or spy on them. BUT ON THIS MOTHERS DAY, FRESSE IS NOT WITH HER CHILDREN... THEY ARE FINISHING UP SCHOOL IN TEXAS. A SEPARATION THATS NOT EASY... BUT ONE THAT COMES WITH THE JOB. SOT OF KIDS @8:31 'our youngest children are not used to being without me but they've adjusted well. POLICE CHIEF AND MOTHER..... A CHALLENGING JOB..... BUT FOR CHIEF FRESSE ITS ALL ABOUT WHAT SHE PASSES ON TO HER KIDS. @11:45 "to know that you're making an impression on a life that is going to count toward something in the future. My mother and grandmother did that for me." AS SOON AS THEY HAVE FINISHED SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER SOMETIME IN MAY....CHIEF FRESSE'S TWO YOUNGEST CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND WILL JOIN HER HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST. BRITTANY. BEFORE COMING TO GREENFIELD, CHIEF FRESE WAS A PATROL DIVISION COMMANDER FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TEXAS. SHE HAS BEEN IN LAW ENFORCMENT FOR TWENTY YEARS.